greedy
要点どん欲な、食い意地の張った
意味
- どん欲な,欲張りの
- 食い意地の張った,がつがつした
例文
Don't be so greedy or you'll wind up with nothing.
そんなに欲をかいていると、虻蜂取らずになっちゃうよ。
Shylock is greedy, and what is worse, very stingy.
シャイロックは欲張りで、さらに悪いことには大変なけちだ。
The roots of the plant are greedy for water.
この植物の根には水がものすごく必要。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English gredy, from Anglian Old English grēdiġ (“greedy, hungry, eager”) (cognate West Saxon form grǣdiġ), from Proto-Germanic *grēdagaz (“hungry”), from Proto-Germanic *grēdaz, *grēduz, *grēdô (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-. Equivalent to greed + -y. Cognate with Old Saxon grādag (“greedy”), Dutch graag (“gladly, willingly”), Old High German grātag (“greedy”), Danish grådig (“greedy”), Norwegian Bokmål grådig (“greedy”) (from Old Norse gráðigr (“greedy”), gráði (“greed, hunger”)), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (grēdags, “hungry”). Sanskrit गृद्धि (gṛddhi, “greed”) is a false cognate.